Royal Geological Society of Cornwall

Royal Geological Society of Cornwall

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formation = 1814
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type = Scientific society
headquarters = Penzance, Cornwall, United Kingdom
location = Cornwall
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website = http://www.geological.org.uk

The Royal Geological Society of Cornwall is a geological society based in Cornwall in the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1814 [ [http://www.projects.ex.ac.uk/geomincentre/intro.htm Camborne School of Mines Virtual Museum - The Cornubian Orefield ] ] to promote the study of the geology of Cornwall, and is the second oldest geological society in the world. [ [http://www.cornish-mining.org.uk/story/schools.htm Mining schools and Institutes ] ]

The first President of the society was Davies Gilbert, [ cite book
last = Todd
first = A. C.
editor = K. F. G. Hosking & G. J. Shrimpton
title = Present Views of Some Aspects of the Geology of Cornwall and Devon
origyear = 1964
publisher = Royal Geological Society of Cornwall
location = Penzance
pages = p.1
chapter = The Royal Geological Society of Cornwall ] , the first Secretary John Ayrton Paris, [Paris, John Ayrton, M.D. (1785–1856), physician, by Norman Moore, Dictionary of National Biography, Published 1895] and other notable members include Humphry Davy (some of whose papers are held by the Society), [ [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/nra/searches/subjectList.asp?subjectType=P&LR=1053 The National Archives | National Register of Archives | Search Results ] ] and William Gregor the discoverer of titanium. [G. C. Boase, ‘Gregor, William (1761–1817)’, rev. Anita McConnell, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Oct 2005 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/11451 accessed 15 Nov 2007] ]

The society is based in Penzance.

Notable people associated with the society

* Edward Budge, (1800 - 1865), geologist and theologian.
* Elizabeth Catherine Thomas Carne, (1817 - 1873), geologist and author.
* Richard Quiller Couch, (1816 - 1863), naturalist and medical practitioner.
* Richard Edmonds, (1801 - 1886), antiquary and geologist.
* John Hawkins (geologist), (1761 - 1841), traveller and geologist.
* John Mawe, (1766 - 1829), mineralogist and dealer in minerals.
* Matthew Paul Moyle, (1788 - 1856), surgeon and geologist.
* John Rogers, (1778 - 1856), CofE clergyman and biblical scholar.

References

External links

* [http://www.geological.org.uk/ Royal Geological Society of Cornwall website]
*worldcat id|lccn-nr2002-28388
* [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archon/searches/locresult_details.asp?LR=1053 National Archives entry for the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall]


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